Left winger Ivan Ciernik was born in Levice, Czech Republic on October 30th, 1977. The Ottawa Senators drafted Ciernik 216th overall in the 1996 Entry Draft and after one more season in Europe, which included his second stint with the Slovakian World Junior Team, Ciernik came to North America.

In his first professional season in North America, 1997-98, Ciernik spent 53 games in the minors, but made his NHL debut, suiting up for two games with Ottawa. Four full seasons would pass without Ciernik getting another look at the NHL level. He toiled in the minors spending time in the American Hockey League and the International Hockey League. In 2000-01, he got the call from the Senators again, playing four games for them and scoring his first two NHL points, both coming on goals.

In 2001-02, Ciernik split the early portion of the season between Ottawa and Grand Rapids, before being claimed off of waivers by the Washington Capitals. Upon his arrival with the Caps, Ciernik continued to toil in the minors while seeing limited action in Washington.

Following his stint in Washington, Ciernik spent the next two seasons overseas in the German league with Wolfsburg and Kolner Haie.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1994-95

HC Nitra Jr.

Slovak-Jr.

30

22

15

37

36

1994-95

HC Nitra

Slovakia

7

1

0

1

2

1995-96

HC Nitra

Slovakia

35

9

7

16

36

8

3

3

6

1995-96

Slovakia

WJC-A

6

2

0

2

2

1996-97

HC Corgon Nitra

Slovakia

41

11

19

30

1996-97

Slovakia

WJC-A

6

1

2

3

18

1997-98

Ottawa Senators

NHL

2

0

0

0

0

0

1997-98

Worcester IceCats

AHL

53

9

12

21

38

+4

1

0

0

0

2

1998-99

Adirondack Red Wings

AHL

21

1

4

5

4

-7

1998-99

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

AHL

32

10

3

13

10

+4

2

0

0

0

2

1999-00

Grand Rapids Griffins

IHL

66

13

12

25

64

+5

6

0

6

6

2

2000-01

Ottawa Senators

NHL

4

2

0

2

2

+2

2000-01

Grand Rapids Griffins

IHL

66

27

38

65

53

+41

10

5

6

11

26

2001-02

Ottawa Senators

NHL

23

1

2

3

4

0

2001-02

Grand Rapids Griffins

AHL

2

2

1

3

0

+1

2001-02

Washington Capitals

NHL

6

0

1

1

2

0

2001-02

Portland Pirates

AHL

26

10

5

15

28

-1

2002-03

Washington Capitals

NHL

47

8

10

18

24

+6

2

0

1

1

6

2002-03

Portland Pirates

AHL

13

4

6

10

6

-3

2003-04

Washington Capitals

NHL

7

1

1

2

0

+1

2003-04

Portland Pirates

AHL

54

10

21

31

43

0

7

2

1

3

10

2004-05

Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg

Germany

50

26

22

48

91

7

4

2

6

22

2005-06

Kolner Haie

Germany

51

29

31

60

86

9

4

2

6

30

2005-06

Slovakia

WC-A

7

2

3

5

8

+4

2006-07

Kolner Haie

Germany

47

17

31

48

58

9

6

5

11

18

2006-07

Slovakia

WC-A

5

0

0

0

0

2007-08

Kolner Haie

Germany

56

38

28

66

104

14

11

2

13

14

2007-08

Slovakia

WC-A

5

2

2

4

6

-1

2008-09

Sibir Novosibirsk

KHL

50

5

14

19

40

2009-10

Kolner Haie

Germany

55

27

30

57

89

3

3

0

3

2

2009-10

Slovakia

WC-A

6

3

0

3

4

-2

2010-11

Kolner Haie

Germany

52

12

23

35

30

5

1

3

4

18

NHL Totals

89

12

14

26

32

2

0

1

1

6

Loaned to Cincinnati (AHL) by Ottawa with Ratislav Pavlikovsky and Erich Goldmann, January 12, 1999. Claimed on waivers by Washington from Ottawa, January 19, 2002. Signed as a free agent by Wolfsburg (Germany), May 4, 2004.